The 26-year-old New Yorker earned $10,000 with his unanimous
decision win against Keith Berry
($2,000) at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, according to
figures released Monday to Sherdog.com by the Nevada State Athletic
Commission.

The Villante-Berry bout was the evening’s final preliminary contest
before the Showtime-broadcast main card. Along with the paycheck,
Villante picked up his first victory under the Strikeforce banner,
having been punched out by Chad Griggs
in February and outpointed by Lorenz
Larkin in June.

Healy, 28, won his second in a row, following up on a February
decisioning of the previously unbeaten Lyle
Beerbohm.

The night’s next-highest earner was 2008 Olympic judo bronze
medalist Ronda
Rousey, who took home $8,000 for her controversial submission
of Sarah
D’Alelio ($5,000). In only her third professional outing,
Rousey continued her pattern of lightning-quick armbar wins,
latching herself onto D’Alelio’s right limb in just 25 seconds.
While D’Alelio did not tap out, referee Steve Mazzagatti waved the
fight off after acknowledging a yelp from “The Monster” as a verbal
submission.

As always, disclosed figures do not take into account any taxes,
license fees or other deductions which may be taken from a
fighter’s purse, nor do they include any discretionary “locker
room” bonuses which may be issued by a promoter.